Carnival Films and MASTERPIECE on PBS announced that seven new cast members are joining the Downton Abbey series, plus the return of Shirley MacLaine for next season's finale. The Hollywood star, who reprises her role as Martha Levinson, proved a huge hit with viewers last year when she joined the cast for Lady Mary's wedding to Matthew Crawley. Her sparky relationship with Violet delighted audiences around the world. The series won nine Emmys, two Golden Globes and a coveted Screen Actors Guild Award for the ensemble cast, which is the first time the cast of a British television show has won this award.

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Although there hasn't been too much chatter as of late on the Downton Abbey front, actress Sophie McShera, who plays the part of Daisy, did take the opportunity recently to dish on her character's future.

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Nerd alert! While in the UK promoting "Star Trek Into Darkness," director J.J. Abrams somehow found time to pay a visit to "Downton Abbey" ... talk about a crossover we never predicted!

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If you weren't expecting to find your favorite well-mannered British TV drama in a high-octane summer blockbuster, then you're not alone.

"Eh what?" went the tweet from "Downton Abbey" star Allen Leech last month after he learned that he had face time in "Iron Man 3."

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"Downton Abbey" has cast Gary Carr to play the show's first black character, a jazz singer named Jack Ross.

ITV announced Carr's Season 4 casting. Carr's jazz singer character is described as a "charming and charismatic young man."

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We know that filming for season 4 of Downton Abbey is underway, it began the middle of February.

We have seen some amazing  Downton Abbey season 4 set photos! Including the headstones of Matthew and Sybil. Click here for tons more S4 set photos.

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“Downton Abbey" is going to look quite different when it returns for a fourth season.

On Friday Siobhan Finneran -- better known to fans as O’Brien, Lady Grantham's constantly scheming, severely coiffed maid -- confirmed that she is leaving the beloved costume drama.

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